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12-09-2022 | Brain Death | Correspondence

In reply: Withholding therapeutic interventions in brain(stem) death: is it a self-fulfilling prophecy?

Authors: Ellery T. Cunan, MD, Roy W. R. Dudley, MD, PhD, Sam D. Shemie, MD

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To the Editor, …

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Title: In reply: Withholding therapeutic interventions in brain(stem) death: is it a self-fulfilling prophecy?
Authors: Ellery T. Cunan, MD
Roy W. R. Dudley, MD, PhD
Sam D. Shemie, MD
Publication date: 12-09-2022
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keywords: Brain Death
Intracranial Hypertension
Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie / Issue 11/2022
Print ISSN: 0832-610X
Electronic ISSN: 1496-8975
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-022-02326-w